It amazes me that you can have so many frothing at this. Just out of
interest have you ever experienced a full storm anywhere?


Depends on what you call a full storm. If you mean a real hurricane at sea with
40 foot waves, then no.
But with my first boat in the 90's I was caught in a bad T-storm that was
called the worst in the area for years. It killed several people, including a
woman on the LIS. Winds were said to top 80knots for a brief period. All I know
is I watched a big Island Packet's bare mast nearly hit the water before it hit
us. Damn scary and I'd never been in a storm before.
But a "real" storm where the waves tower over the mast, nope.

RB